P.O. Box 691 Sebring Florida USA 33871 Tel: 863-382-2525
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P.O. Box 691 Sebring Florida USA 33871 Tel: 863-382-2525 |
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Jo-Ellen Crews - Actress By: Roy Riedy |
Jo-Ellen Crews' name appeared for the first time in a HLT playbill for Peter Pollard's April, 1986, program for Arsenic and Old Lace. Her name was listed with the waitresses of the Gourmet Staff.
The following season, the Thirteenth, Jo-Ellen's name was listed in the Cast of Characters for Frank Oberhausen's revival of Fiddler on the Roof as playing the role of Fruma-Sarah. At the Second Annual Zenon Awards Ceremony held in October, 1987, at the Sun 'n Lake Community Center, Jo-Ellen entertained the Zenon crowd with the musical number, "People."
The Fourteenth Season was Jo-Ellen's busiest, she was associated with all five plays presented that season. In November, Marian Dunham directed the Kander and Ebb musical, Cabaret, during that show Jo-Ellen worked with the Salad/Dessert Division of Gourmet. In January, 1988, Peter Pollard directed Neil Simon's comedy, Barefoot in the Park, with Jo-Ellen playing the part of Mrs. Banks. In March, Frank Oberhausen directed the musical, Carousel, in which Jo-Ellen played Mrs. Mullin. In June, Jo-Ellen played Mille Michaels, the visitor from Philadelphia, in Janelou Buck's comedy, California Suite; and in August, during Teri Klix's musical, Damn Yankees, Jo-Ellen worked with the Beverages Division of the Gourmet Staff. At the Third Annual Zenon Awards in late September, besides performing "Everything's Coming Up Roses" from Gypsy and presenting the Third Production/Technical Award with John Lorino, Jo-Ellen received the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Zenon for her part of Mrs. Banks in Barefoot in the Park.
During the opening play of the Fifteenth Season, Richard Oehring's musical Man of La Mancha, Jo-Ellen worked as a House Manager and also as a member of the Gourmet Staff in Beverages, jobs that she also did during the second show, Tena Conyer's January comedy, Harvey, and Frank Oberhausen's April presentation of The King and I. The last time Mrs. Crews' name was seen in a HLT program was the one for Peter Pollard's June, 1989, production of Sweet Charity, where Jo-Ellen's name was listed with the workers of the Beverages section of the Gourmet Staff.
During her association with Highlands Little Theatre, Mrs. Jo-Ellen Crews' name appeared in the programs of eleven plays, in two Zenon Ceremony programs, and the Eighth First Nighter List . She won a Best Supporting Actress Award at the Third Zenon Ceremony and was mentioned in six HLT Newsletters and fourteen local news articles for a total of thirty-five citations, an impressive sum for a four season affiliation.
